The Guide to the Scriptures

Sacrament

For Latter-day Saints, sacrament refers to the ordinance of partaking of bread and water in remembrance of Christ’s atoning sacrifice. The broken bread represents his broken flesh; the water represents the blood that he shed to atone for our sins (1 Cor. 11:23–25; D&C 27:2). When worthy Church members take the sacrament, they promise to take upon them the name of Christ, to always remember him, and to keep his commandments. Through this ordinance, Church members renew their baptismal covenants.

At the Last Supper, Jesus explained the ordinance of the sacrament as he ate with the Twelve Apostles (Matt. 26:17–28; Luke 22:1–20).